Google SVG Search III (1/2) - exploring XML

Google SVG Search III

Wrapping up our Google API project, we finally convert the Perl script into a CGI and decorate the SVG
output with a bit of HTML.

Going CGI

Perl has traditionally been popular for powering dynamic Web sites, not least due to the mighty but
easy to use CGI module. A common technique is to use the same script for all requests of our little
application, distinguishing between them through parameters: